Private Project

BREATHE

A visual short coming of age story of young boy Bram discovering his sexuality.

  • Harm van der Sanden
    Director
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  • Harm van der Sanden
    Writer
    Color-by-Windows
  • Bas Pinkse
    Producer
  • Rolf Dekens
    Cinematographer
  • Stefan Hickert
    Editor
  • Evelien Stikkelman
    Production Designer
  • Remko Kühne
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Harm van der Sanden

Harm van der Sanden (Veghel, 1980) is a Amsterdam based director. He graduated the film academy as a cinematographer and has worked on commercials and tv-drama for almost 20 years.

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Director Statement

It is my belief that our short film BREATHE is a passion project in it's purest form. As a gay man I grew up missing representation of people like myself on the screen. I missed role models to whom I could relate. I'm glad to see that nowadays that has changed for the better, but there is still work to do when it comes to queer representation in works of art. Obviously it is still hard for gay people all over the world to be able to be who they are. So we decided to tell our story with no words and used the power of the universal language of visuals. And - I apologize for the spoiler - we wanted to reach those who are struggling with our film to give them hope and to tell them: it's ok, you matter and you are beautiful.

Therefore, it is my wish that our short film will get out there and will be seen by those who need to be given just a bit of hope.

Thank you for your attention,
Harm.